Skin Care Ingredient Glossary

Key ingredients that make our skin care effective

Understanding Your Ingredients

Every Mary Kay® skin care product is the result of innovative technology combined with proven-effective ingredients. That’s why you can trust the products you use to deliver the real results you want. But understanding the specific benefits each ingredient provides can be confusing. Here’s a helpful glossary of ingredients in some of our favorite products.

To make products women love, it matters what goes into our products. Ingredients are critical to our innovation. From age-fighting to acne solutions and everything in between, our team sets out to find ingredients that are effective. Through the latest research methodologies, our scientists look for new technologies and new ingredients, and then we tirelessly test each innovation to ensure we deliver real results.

These key ingredients make our skin care effective. We want women everywhere to feel confident about the science behind their skin care, and love the real results they experience.

PLANT STEM CELLS

Plant stem cells, which come from a very specific portion of a plant, have the remarkable ability to make other plant stem cells while maintaining their original form. Utilizing advanced technology, plant stem cells are cultivated and used in skin care formulas to deliver advanced age-fighting benefits.

BOTANICAL EXTRACTS

Botanical extracts are derived from plants, flowers or fruits that are rich in elements like vitamins and minerals that are good for your skin. In addition to playing a starring role in the Botanical Effects® regimen, botanical extracts also deliver important benefits in many other Mary Kay® products, such as TimeWise® Tone-Correcting Serum. Botanical Effects®TimeWise® Tone-Correcting Serum

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL

Activated charcoal can act like a magnet to withdraw dirt and debris from pores.

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